The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-10
TWO GOOD SOULS,
The Sailor Husband and Wife Who
Loved Babies,

Mrs. Newcomb, of Detroit, formerly
Miss Mary Haskell, Of this city, belongs
to charitable association of that CITY
which has several branches. She make
an Interesting report of III doings of the
branch that has charge destitute or
phan babies. Among the incidents con-
n-cted with Inc baby bureau she states
mat lady called in one day and asked
If they bad any healthy babies to spare
Being informed that there were several
on hand, she selected a fine, healthy
boy. and offered to adopt hIm. Wnen
asked Tor the necessary recommends
ions, the lady replied that she had al
ready adopted two children from this
bureau, and she thought they did not
need any more recommendations. she
took away the baby. This was about
three years ago. A few weeks since she
came again, and inquired if they had q
pair Of twins 70 spare-'two little bits of
babies" sue said. The ladies of the as
sociatlou informed her that they had no
TWINS on hand, and asked what she
wanted of SO many babies. 60" said
she, my husband was sailor, but sew
erai years ago he bought a farm near
here, and he loves babies-We never had
any of our own. The last one we got
here is now fine boy Of years, and
my husband wants a very little and
baby" The kind ladies of
the institution at once became interested
In this good woman, who seemed to be
as fond of little bits of babies" as her
whole-souied sailor husband. They
asked her about the three children she
had already taken from the institution.
Don't you want to see Uhem?' she in
quired. Being told that they would be
happy to see them, she said, "1hey are
all out here in The carriage; but they
must never know that they are adopted
children" She brought them ina
beautiful black-eyed boy of 10 years; a
fine curly-headed, haxen-haired boy of
6 years; and rollicking, happy, red
checked girl OF 3. They were dressed
IN the best style, and as happy as any
three children in existence. "They are
growing up so fast" said their kind
hearted "namma"-"and thew are so
large that we want two little ones now
twins only few days old" But there
were no twins. Then [ will take one
little bit of baby" SAID the woman.
and she began to look over the nursery.
Here" said one of the charitable lad
les, ''is fine healthy boy, 5 weeks old;
you will admire hun. D." No. not that
one, but this poor little Daby that so
greatly needs mothers CARE" said the
good woman. 20, that one is sickly and
cannot live-yOu don't want that one"
replied the charitable lady. Eyes,
want this one-I feel that I must take
this one and care tor it while it hves-it
shall have the most carefuInursing pos
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the little sick baby and cared for it as the
fondest of mothers would have cared for |
her own offspring. II could not be
saved. The child died. 1t was put in a |
costly hit white casket, and dressed in !
pure white, with rich laCes and white !
ssuD slippers. Ia one of its little pale |
hands was choice rosebud, Just peep |
ing from Its folds of green leaves as if |
ready TO spring into sunlight and life.
On her grave. green-turied, the choicest
lowers are laid fresh every day; and the
good woman never tires in caring for
the living babies. She is looking for
Twins, little bits of twins" too, and she
las told the charitable ladies that her
husband has just bought forty acres
more OF land near the city, which are to
je gwen to the next two little bits'
which they intend to find.
Kind-hearted men and women will
admire tAls loving mamma and her
,ig-souled sailor husband who enioy
he presence of little babies and care
or them atfectionately. Who can DENY
hat when the silken sails at the night
ime watts them over to the further
here, they will find lovely babies and
sonls to greet them and that
he little 81 K baby" who was on earth 4
o tenderly cared for. will in its birth
nd bright growth be among the first to
7elcome them to the land where the
overs do not fade and the sunshine
health, progress, and happiness is
ever dimmed by passing cloud =
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